"Police have urged any witnesses to the attack to contact them. "

Surely it's a civil matter?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7640190.stm

> "Police have urged any witnesses to the attack to contact them. "
> Surely it's a civil matter?
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7640190.stm

I hate the way they say "near Liverpool" when it's actually much 
closer to Wigan.

Colin Wilson wrote:

>> "Police have urged any witnesses to the attack to contact them. "
>> Surely it's a civil matter?
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7640190.stm

> I hate the way they say "near Liverpool" when it's actually much 
> closer to Wigan.

That is true, but Skelmersdale (as it is today, not as it was 50 years ago) 
is Liverpool-transplanted-onto-former-Lancashire-farmland - an "overspill" town.

Reflecting the fact that "Skem" speaks with a pronounced Scouse accent seems 
reasonable enough to me. You could largely say the same of Winsford or Runcorn.

Diddly Doo wrote:

> "Police have urged any witnesses to the attack to contact them. "
>
> Surely it's a civil matter?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7640190.stm

"Two uniformed police officers came across a group of about 10
people..."

Shouldn't they then have done a risk assessment before approaching
them?

"The sustained attack went on for about five minutes..."

So where were any other officers then?

They don't seem very bright these two.